CONFIDENTLY CREATE YOUR BOLD CAREER MOVE IN 5 WEEKS

A 5 week immersive online course

USING A RISK-FREE METHOD THAT WILL IGNITE YOUR CAREER CHANGE
(And Enjoy the Journey)

We know you aren’t looking to be sold- you don’t need to be because you already know that you are:

at a career crossroads and unsure of your next step ..........

suffering job burnout and its impact on your health and happiness.....

feeling stuck in a soul-sucking job that isn’t you......

lacking fulfilment in your career and work-life.....

wanting a career change but need some direction and guidance to make the transition from point 'A' to point 'B'....

ready to make a bold career move without compromising your financial security of lifestyle....

Grace + Solonia here and, believe it or not, we’ve been in your shoes. We both have generous resumes with ample amounts of experience and could’ve been on the one-way street to corporate boredom. BUT we wanted passion + purpose AND we believe you do too. So, if you can handle two ladies who will be brutally honest with you about this career change adventure and help you create your dream work/life in the process… then welcome to this 5 Week course.

"The best part was the most difficult - the work! I really love the content because I enjoy going deep. Great job guys! I read a lot and had come across some of it, but having it distilled into modules, and being held accountable beyond being a passive consumer was awesome."
- Adeline Teo

Our hope is to give you every reason to feel POSITIVE and EXCITED about dreaming BIG, being BOLD, and starting your journey WITH US!

You must choose between following the money or following your heart/passion

This one is one of the most widely accepted and is a massive lie. It’s rooted in fear and limiting beliefs and making the decision to sacrifice purpose + fulfillment until you’ve reached “X” is, simply put, procrastination. It is possible to make a living by doing what you love.
Consider this: When you look back on your life, what will you regret more? Pursuing your passion or heeding your fears?

MYTH #2

Career change is risky business.

Uncertain -> yes. Risky -> Doesn’t have to be. The truth here is that in today’s economy, no job is 100% secure. What’s important to remember is we can control our motivation + health + wellbeing by eliminating risk and creating a sustainable + actionable plan that makes room for experimentation and discovery.

MYTH #3

‘Sucking up’ your career dissatisfaction will make it go away

The truth here is you will never be able to shake dissatisfaction in something that doesn’t fuel your passion + overall purpose. You’re ultimately choosing between a passive life or a life of fulfilment.
You deserve better and you need to believe that.

MYTH #4

You should know what you want to do and have a complete plan to make it happen

Method + Skill have to be developed and nurtured. Change doesn’t happen overnight and when creating a new path it takes small steps to determine the best route to your destination. Uncharted territory takes a willingness to create a path that has not been explored. The best place to start is exactly where you are - build on what you know and identify any gaps, then make a plan to obtain that experience. Enter: your career experiment!

MYTH #5

Making a career change will compromise what you’ve already achieved

Career change doesn’t always mean you have to start from scratch. Whatever your situation, making a career change is about building on your achievements and repurposing your potential for a career that ticks your boxes. All experience is valuable, the goal isn’t to change for the sake of it but to maximise the return of all your efforts.

Here's some truth...

(Even though you already know it’s time to make big moves!)

You can live your life and love your career.

The choice is yours...

Only 2% of people in the world actually live out their “Dream Life” while 98% just dream through life.

Your FIRST step is to decide: I WILL be the 2%

We know because we ARE the 2%

And so are SO many wonderful people we’ve worked with!

THERE ARE NO FORMULAS - NO 'ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL'
YOU NEED A PROCESS THAT IS UNIQUE TO YOU.

How to guarantee a succesful career change

Step by Step Plan

Focus

Clarity

Action

Resilience

We’ve been there. Caught up in the busyness of life, in our own heads, and standing at a crossroads - it’s easy to throw up your hands, accept the status quo and find temporary relief in choosing to do nothing.

The struggle is real. We’re here to help.

Out of all the courses why THIS one?

It's time to ditch the formulas and get real, individualised support.

Confidently Create Your Bold Career Move is the ONLY online program for career change, designed to help you define your core values, determine your priorities and discover the perfect career FOR YOU.

"This course really helped me to understand my skills, I got so much guidance from Grace and Solonia on my resume, on how to improve my cover letters. And generally doing this course helped me to break out of my myopic view of looking at my career.

I no longer believe that I have to stick to design (just because that is what I've always done). I'm excited to explore all the other possibilities out there."

- Amreen Rahman

We PROMISE that when these 5 immersive weeks wrap up, you will not only have the momentum you need to maintain your new career but you will also have the confidence and courage to take your completed first phase of career transition into the next phase of success.

You'll also get exclusive access to personalised support from Grace + Solonia, collective intelligence from an initmate cohort of like-minded people going the journey with you, and a closed Facebook Mastermind Group of Career Shifters

But the proof is always in the pudding. If completing the course doesn’t allow you to do any one of the following things within the first, we’ll refund 100% of our payment.
That’s a promise.

So, What's In The Pudding?

New personal insights to how your career has shaped your strengths, interests and aspirations.

Define what you really want from your Life/Work and know your next steps.

Tell your career story with clarity of where you are on your journey and where you want to go.

HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT PROMISE?

Between the two of us, we've hopped across more than 10 jobs, straddled 15 industries/sectors, done the corporate stint, freelancing gigs, hit burnout - bounced back - took the sabbatical, launched an idea, evolved it into a business, and made plenty of nearly-fatal mistakes along the way.

Basically, we've been there, done that, and wrote the course to do it better.

We're multi-hyphenated 'Changepreneurs' who started on conventional career paths before deciding to carve our own, from scratch. We weren't fed with silver spoons or bred to be entrepreneurs: we're boot-strapping self-starters, driven by purposeful work, learning by doing and reinventing our best selves everyday.

If you’d like to see a snippet of our resumes:

Grace Clapham
Co-Founder The Change School

Grace has never been one to fit the mold of a traditional career path, always a multi-hyphenate and multi-passionate, Grace started her career working part-time at as a retail sales staff at a cult brand called Gorman. At the same time she worked part time modelling and occasionally doing some freelancing PR & Marketing
in Melbourne, Australia .

Pretty quickly from there, Grace took on a full time role at Gorman as Retail Manager and over the next 4 years her career change happened internally at the company, from Retail Manager to Marketing & Public Relations, then finally to Sales & Marketing Manager. Through her time at Gorman, Grace learnt the ins and outs of running and growing a business - but most importantly developed a well rounded set of skills that to this day has served her well.

After nearly 5 years at Gorman, in 2008, Grace embarked on her own path and has never gone back to working for someone else….

Her journey so far has consisted of:

Setting up a pop up and boutique fashion events company Sloane Elizabeth Robertson with an old school friend, bringing in the latest fashion brands from across the globe. Eventually spinning off into a group buying site.

Building and running boutique agency Agent Grace where she focused on business strategy, brand management and marketing within the Fashion, Travel, Lifestyle, Social Entrepreneurship and Creative sectors (Grace still works on a more advisory and coaching basis these days)

Lecturing at various institutes in Singapore on Brand Management, Marketing and E-commerce.

Community building for creatives, innovators and women entrepreneurs - CreativeMornings Singapore, SheSays Singapore and Secret {W} Business and TEDxSingapore.

Various public speaking gigs with her most prominent ones being, SXSW 2013, where she spoke on Co-Creation By Design: Asia, Women & Innovation and at TEDxAuckland 2016.

Awarded the CMO Asia for Leadership Excellence Award as one of Asia's 50 Women Leaders.

And….finally setting up The Change School after having her own moment of pivotal change when her father passed away and she wanted a career with more meaning.

Solonia Teodros
Co-Founder The Change School

Solonia’s creative career journey began when she finally decided to leave her role at Harvard’s Global Health Research Institute and move to New York - with little more than a dream to live and work among the creatives, hustlers and entrepreneurs of the ‘big apple’.

From 2005 - 2008 her body of work comprised of...
Product design, sourcing and supply chain management for FMCG and hospitality brands
Studio management, media relations and talent scouting for an international photographer
Brand marketing, public relations and business development for local designers in fashion, swimwear, homeware and jewellery/accessories

Taking a cue from the Wall Street crisis in 2008, she decided to move (back) to Asia and spent the first year as a digital nomad - honing her transferable skills to do freelance projects in different regional markets. From 2008 - 2013 she quickly transitioned from the corporate world to a path of entrepreneurship and continued to build her body of work through...

Brand marketing and CSR consulting for a portfolio of public & private sector clients with a global PR agency

Strategic planning, digital marketing and project management for local corporations and SMEs

Building ground-up community initiatives and Singapore chapters of global movements such as the Worldwide Feast and Social Good Summit

Conference and event planning for regional business leader networks

Design Thinking training, facilitation and programming for local schools and educators

Setting up a boutique advisory (SolWorks) to help businesses amplify their mission and impact

Co-conspiring with long-time friend Grace Clapham to create The Change School - a culmination of her passions, strengths and diverse experience aimed at helping people to find their calling and create meaningful careers that are aligned to their values, talents and personal vision.

Together, Grace + Solonia have been on the stage of TEDxAuckland (2017) to inspire more purpose-driven changemakers to Step Up to Global Citizenship as well as receiving Asia’s 50 Women Leaders - Leadership Excellence award (2016) from CMO Asia and World Brand Congress, and the Global Training & Development Leadership Award (2017) from the World Training & Development Congress. The two of them frequent the public speaking stage as ambassadors of change and inspiration looking to ignite a life of passion + purpose in the world.

What we're saying is...

WE ARE THE PUDDING

Proof that career change is possible and likely to happen more than once in the lifetime of your career.
And we have the experience + tools to get you on the track to your dream work/life!

The best path to success is to walk in the footsteps of those who have paved the way before you.

It's for the CLARITY and PEACE of mind to get you started on your Career Change journey.

This 5 week course is full of every resource + motivation + strategy you need to begin.

"This course really helped me to get more clarity in my career direction and made me more confident in being open to trying new roles"

- Ziwei Xiao

Here’s what you’re going to clarify + develop through this course:

WHAT DO YOU VALUE?
Defining what inspires you at a core level - what you really want from your life and career.

WHO ARE YOU?
What your experiences have equipped you for (both personally + professionally). Defining success + fulfilment and using that as a map for your journey.

WHY PRESS ON?
Discover your motivators + make sense of where you’ve been and where you’re going and ultimately your purpose + passion.

WHAT’S STOPPING YOU?
Unblocking your barriers and turning your fears into fuel for positive momentum. Ultimately empowering you to get up and get shit done.

WHAT IS YOUR FORMULA?
Identifying your core values and aligning your career possibilities + ideas in order to uncover the type of work you love.

WHAT IS YOUR VALUE?
Aligning your career assets + aspirations + possibilities to craft a career narrative that speaks to the value you bring.

WHAT’S NEXT?
Design + Create + Implement a personalised and detailed action plan that charts your immediate next steps and next meaningful milestones to take your career to the next level and make your bold career dreams a reality.

Here’s how the program will get you results:

A 360° Personal Assessment and Situational Analysis Report: Identify your core strengths, key motivators, ideal working + learning environment, and overall level of satisfaction and wellbeing right now -- a scientific method that shows you exactly how to find your perfect career.

A Proven System Tailored To Your Goals: This program is highly structured to start where you are and chart your next career phase, maximising available resources + leveraging your transferable skills + de-risking your transition without compromising your lifestyle or financial security.

Lifetime Members Access: All course modules + materials + live group coaching session videos will be available in our members platform PLUS access to our closed Facebook Mastermind Group and community of career shifters.

Personalised Feedback: Regular LIVE Group Coaching sessions and implementation hours with Grace + Solonia to tackle your challenge and get your questions answered throughout the program.

BONUS #3

EMAIL POWER
The top email templates for career changers, including How to Ask for Testimonials, How to Re-Activate Old Contacts, How to Ask for a Referral, How to Ask for Mentorship.
Simply copy + change to your needs!
Also Checklists, Tips & More.

(worth $197)

BONUS #4

HANDBOOK TO FINDING JOBS ABROAD

Toolkit For Career Shifters looking to find work abroad.
We'll share the strategies, how-to, tips,
& give you a list of over 50 key sites to start searching for your new job in a new market

(worth $197)

MODULE 1 -
LOOKING BACK

In this first phase, you will be guided through a reflective process of looking back on your career journey to understand what’s worked, what didn’t, and what your experiences have taught you about yourself, your core values, and the type of work that fulfils you.

You’ll learn:

How to make sense of your career journey and where you are now.

How to ‘map’ your career journey and find the common thread that ties and tells your career story.

How to understand and ‘match’ your values, interests and personal traits to career opportunities that meet YOUR criteria of professional fulfilment.

By the end of this session, you will have clarity of where you are in your career journey, why you are at this pivotal moment, and how your identity shapes your career journey.

MODULE 2 -
DESIGNING YOUR LIFE & CAREER

In this phase, you will be guided through exercises aimed at helping you to define your career aspirations, set your intentions, and evaluate your career options based on your personal values and desired life/work style.

You’ll learn:

How to discover and define your career hopes, desires and dreams.

How to use deep personal insights from your 360 Assessment as a GPS for navigating your career options.

How to make career decisions based on what’s most important to you.

By the end of this session, you will have clarity of what you want from your Life/Work, a criteria for assessing your career opportunities, and a framework for decision-making that inspires you to take action with confidence.

MODULE 3 -
The Foundation - Repurposing Your Skills

In this phase, you will be guided through the steps and building blocks of repurposing your transferable skills and experiences, developing a strategy and practice of building your ‘tribe’ and creating your ideal job / career description.

You’ll learn:

How to define, expand, and position your transferable skills and relevant experience.

How to tap your network and build your tribe of advocates and supporters for your career transition.

How to research, clarify and articulate your ideal job or new career direction.

By the end of this session, you will be fully equipped to start carving your new career path by positioning and advocating yourself authentically, networking meaningfully and effectively, and articulating a clear career mission statement.

MODULE 4 -
The Essentials - Carving Your Path

In this phase, you will be guided through the process of crafting your career statement, packaging your career assets and building your professional profile (on- and offline) to start positioning yourself for career success.

You’ll learn:

How to craft a powerful career statement that advocates your career assets, aspirations and purpose.

How to prepare your career essentials by packaging and repurposing your skills, strengths and experience.

How to position yourself for career success in the on- and offline world.

By the end of this session, you will be equipped with all the essentials for ‘selling’ yourself with confidence and actively positioning yourself for career success in a meaningful and authentic way.

MODULE 5 -
The Pilot - Crafting Your Plan

In this final phase, you will be guided through an exercise to help you find your career ‘sweet spot’ and a blueprint for creating a 60 or 90 Day career move plan without compromising your current job or shifting too quickly.

You’ll learn:

How to find your career ‘sweet spot’ with a simple formula.

How to create a realistic plan that will help you envision, experiment and experience a new professional role before making any bold career moves or decisions.

How to define and set clear goals, milestones and timelines for your career move plan for maximised results and minimal risk.

By the end of this session, you will have a complete roadmap and everything you need to execute your career move, get yourself out there, and put your ideas to action! We’ll be there to support you, cheer you on, and help keep you accountable every step of the way.

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HERE'S YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM THE COURSE

Your STATEMENT

A powerful and coherent statement that tells the story of your career journey, the intentions for your change/transition, and the aspirations behind who you are becoming.

Your FOUNDATION

A summary of your unique traits, transferable skill set, work experience and ‘ideal job’ description that positions you for the opportunities you want.

Your TRIBE

A strategy and practice for continuously building and nurturing your tribe of supporters, challengers, peers and working relationships to keep moving forward.

New HABITS

A system of structured practices and techniques for managing your time and productivity effectively, and staying motivated and accountable throughout your career transition.

Your ACTION PLAN

A comprehensive, step-by-step plan that maps out your journey into small + attainable + actionable steps.

TOTAL ACTUAL VALUE: $3550+ (and over $800 worth of bonuses!)

If that's not enough value, here's what you will SAVE...

Money. Career Coaches normally charge an hourly rate of $200 - $300. Multiply that by the 4-8 sessions you’d need and expect to pay anything from $800 - $2400

Opportunity cost of doing nothing. If you’re currently unemployed, an annual salary of $50K works out to $140 per day. That’s a decent chunk of change to be leaving on the table!

Time. If you’re miserable in your current job/role, consider the fact that we spend an average of 20-30% of our entire lives working. Wouldn’t you rather spend that time building relationships and career opportunities that inspire and energise you?

Your sanity. Let’s face it, career transition can be taxing on your relationships, family, health and lifestyle. But with the right guidance, structure, tools and support, you’ll have everything you need to make forward strides in the right direction without compromising the quality and pleasures of daily life. We’ll leave it to you to work out the value of a stress and worry free life, but we’d say the value of freedom is PRICELESS.

We know the doubt and uncertainty that surrounds career change.

Maybe you're thinking....

What if I do all this work and still don't figure out my next direction?

Is this the right time to be shaking up my career?

Will this be a good investment of my time, money and effort?

How am I going to pay the bills?

What if I'm one of those people destined to do boring / unfulfilling work for a paycheck?

The real question is....How committed are YOU to making a career change?

We don't have the answer. But YOU do.

Here's a clue from Warren Buffet:

"Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far"

FAQs

When does this course start?
The course starts on Monday and will run for 5 weeks. A reminder email will be sent with your login details each week.

Do I need a new link every week?
No, luckily you won’t be needing a new link each week. You can login with the same link we give you at the very start of the LIVE course.

How much time do I need to dedicate each week?
We recommend you set aside 2 - 4 hours a week to go through the program worksheets, cheatsheets and implement any of the suggested assignments. There is however no right or wrong amount of time because you’ll have lifetime access to the program and all future updates!

How is this course different from other career change courses - or getting a career coach - other than the cost value?
What sets this program apart from so many other online courses out there is the emphasis on minimising the risks involved with your bold career move. This 5-wk system is designed to help equip you with all the tools, guide you through the foundational stages of your career transition, and help you to create a pilot plan that you can execute without leaving your job or taking any big decisions prematurely. PLUS this course combines the best of all options, with weekly training modules, tools and actionable homework, weekly LIVE group coaching calls where you can ask us anything, and the option for more personalised 1:1 coaching if you desire. So, instead of choosing between courses, training or coaching, with this comprehensive course - you can have it all.

How much access do I get to Grace & Solonia and The Change School Team? Do I get support throughout?
Yes, you will have support throughout and you will have access to Grace & Solonia through the private Facebook group as well as the weekly LIVE Group Coaching sessions. Grace and Solonia, along with the Change School Team will be there to answer your questions, help motivate you through, guide you through the “homework” and also give you feedback on the work you put in.

What if I can’t attend the weekly live Group Coaching Calls?
All of the LIVE Group Coaching sessions will be recorded and saved in our online membership platform so you can refer back to them whenever you want.

How do you asses or give feedback on my work?
Whenever there is “homework” you can ask us for feedback via our weekly LIVE Group Coaching calls and we will share our comments and feedback, otherwise we encourage everyone to share their homework in the private Facebook group where we will also be able to provide our insights.

How do I know if this is for me?
If you are someone who is committed to designing a career that uses your gifts, fills your purpose and allows you more freedom and happiness.

You feel undervalued, underchallenged or a lack of meaning in your current role.

You’ve recently left a job and the pressure is ON to figure out your next step.

You’re on the fence: Am I doing what is right for me, or should I change direction?

You feel ‘stuck’ in the wrong career and uncertain about your next step.

You’re tired of procrastinating, over thinking, daydreaming and imagining What if?

You’re overwhelmed by career possibilities and worry you’ll make a bad choice.

You long to escape corporate convention and the pigeonhole of your narrowly defined career to do something completely different.

You have multiple interests and talents and struggle to apply them to your career.

You fear the risks involved with career change / transition and lack the tools, guidance and support to start taking action.

You’re ready to abandon everything you’ve been taught about making sound career decisions and follow a first-act-then-think process of repurposing your career.

What if I’m not in a career/ job right now, is this suitable?
Definitely! The course is designed to help you start from where you are and move you in the direction of your next career chapter. It is suitable for anyone at a career crossroads, in a career transition, or thinking about a career change. You don’t have to be in a job, but you must be committed to putting in the work to make change happen.

I’ve never taken an online course or program, how does this work?
Don’t worry, if you’ve never taken an online training program - as it’s EASY to get online and learn with us. Within a minute of enroling you will get a username + password via email along with weekly reminders for each of the LIVE weekly group coaching session. Every Monday for 5 weeks a new module will be released in your private online membership site where you can directly access the videos, modules, worksheets and more. If you miss the LIVE group coaching sessions we will record it and it will be available through our private online membership site. Simply login and you can start right away.

What does Lifetime access mean?
LIfetime access means that you will be able to get access to this course for as long as we continue to run it, including all future updates or versions. That’s access to the recordings, worksheets and anything else that you will receive during the entire time of the course. Oh and lifetime access to our closed Facebook Group.

When can I expect to see results?
Well as with all things regarding to change, it takes time and it’s a process. This isn’t a “quick fix” by any means - you’ll want to make the right Career Change and this will allow you to experiment. Confidently Create Your Bold Career Move was intentionally designed so that you go through step by step and accompany the implementation in the same order. If you work through the training that way it will dramatically amplify your outco